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Originally Posted by lostsoul13
mission to become enlightened through reincarnation??
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It has to fall within a particular philosophical context, where the Hindu-esque reincarnation of souls is conceptually different to Buddhist reincarnation in rebirth. The former assumes a perpetually existing self-essence whereas the latter concerns the process by which the ego is perpetuated from one moment to the next through volitional processes.
The generation of volition or will comes with all the nuances of a greater philosophy, but in practice it's essentially being consciously aware of how one reacts to their experience in the moment, where 'react' implies the psychological aftermath of an experience which has already passed.